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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1867
Page
5
Advertising rates listed: one inch or 12 lines of Nonpareil make a square. Business cards not exceeding five lines priced at $5 per year. Additional lines cost 50 cents each.
Illinois lawmakers acted on bills to incorporate Freeport School District and Freeport City Railway Company. Amendments passed for Freeport Insurance Company and American Insurance Company. several charters amended or tabled. Governor announced education board appointees including Dr. E C Depuy.
In Vienna on December 11 1866 J Latrobe Motley answers Sewards letter denying reports from Paris about hostility to the US government. Motley states his political views on reconstruction urges constitutional amendment and amnesty and resigns as United States Minister at Vienna.
Senate committee reports and House actions affect Freeport city matters including notaries public and railroad incorporation. Bills to divide Freeport into election districts, establish a city railway, School District incorporation, hydraulic and manufacturing company, and various insurance firm charters advance or await readings while the Senate passes a vacancy action on the Davis town plat.
The page lists bargains and supplier notices including Best Chemical Saleratus, fragrances like Night Blooming Cereus, Coke for sale in Freeport, ciders from J Mayer & Sons, and Michigan apples. It promotes Qve’s Cough Balsam and Qoe’s Dyspepsia Cure, plus Clark Seminary at Aurora Illinois with program details and pricing for board, tuition, and scholarships.
Importer and dealer in crockery glassware and lamp goods advertises a wide range of lamps including hanging side bracket hall and chandeliers, bronze lamps at low prices, plus trays from American and English makers and glassware for sale opposite the post office.
The item notes Old Grimes is dead and mentions his son. It advertises large stocks of Juveniles and Reward Cards from J Mayer & Sons, Broad's Book Store and Broad & Bright for Valentines. It urges shopping for clothing at Mr Lover's and cookware, confectioneries, boots, hides, oysters, stoves, and other goods with several street and business references in Freeport and nearby areas.
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